As Li Qianfan approached the car, the door opened.
Gao Lingwang, his expression visibly haggard, forced a smile and stepped out.
Li Qianfan took out a cigarette and offered him one.
They stood in front of the car, silent for a moment, before Li Qianfan spoke, "You shouldn't have come."
Gao Lingwang looked at him, "You are my brother. If it weren't for you, I might have died in Blackwater Forest long ago."
"You are my brother!"
When Gao Lingwang uttered these five words, his tone was calm, without any affectation.
But Li Qianfan's eyes lit up, "You are not just my brother, but a core disciple of the Gao family. Even if you're here to support me out of our brotherhood, your every action represents the Gao family of the Northwest. More importantly, the establishment of the Sijiu Su family is my way of borrowing Guanyin's hand to create my own new force."
"I understand all of that."
Gao Lingwang took a deep drag from his cigarette and asked, "Just tell me, will you invite me to the Su family or not?"
"Old Gao, go back."
Li Qianfan opened his arms and hugged Gao Lingwang tightly, then released him and turned to leave.
His brother had already come.
That was enough.
Besides, Su Nanyin was also walking over. He really didn't want that woman, who had given up on herself, to cause trouble.
"Qianfan, wait."
But Gao Lingwang couldn't help but call out, "I want you to tell me yourself. That the rumors about you and Aunt Nanyin are all fabricated by our enemies!"
Li Qianfan's footsteps paused, but he continued to walk away quickly.
His expression darkened.
Even Gao Lingwang, whom he considered his brother, suspected that the rumors between him and Su Nanyin were more than just rumors. What else could he explain?
Watching Li Qianfan's retreating back, Gao Lingwang was about to ask more, but he closed his mouth.
His face was full of apprehension.
The women, all dressed in white Hanfu and white soft boots, walked over quickly.
As Li Qianfan brushed past Su Nanyin, he said, "Go back."
"Why go back?"
Su Nanyin's footsteps didn't stop as she walked up to Gao Lingwang.
Gao Lingwang gave a wry smile and rubbed his hands back and forth.
He instinctively hunched his neck, bent over with a fawning expression, but dared not say anything.
"I'll answer that question for you."
Su Nanyin looked into Gao Lingwang's eyes and said coldly, "From three in the morning to six in the morning today, he and I were alone on the same sofa. Are you satisfied with this answer?"
Gao Lingwang's wry smile froze on his face.
For any adult—
They knew what it meant when a woman of peerless beauty spent three hours alone on a sofa with a man!
"You're lying!"
Gao Lingwang sobered up and said in a low voice, "Neither you nor Qianfan are that kind of person! Why are you giving up on yourself like this?"
"If I'm lying."
Su Nanyin raised her right hand, "Then may I, Su Nanyin, be a prostitute for generations to come."
Gao Lingwang staggered.
She even swore a poisonous oath, which was enough to confirm that the rumors were not just rumors.
Su Nanyin's cold gaze swept over him again, and she turned to leave.
She said silently in her heart, "If the rumors weren't confirmed, Gao Lingwang would have called, and Qin Zhou and others in Sijiu would have appeared. Then Qianfan would have been swayed by his allies again and wouldn't have been able to use this opportunity to create his own new force! And I would have to leave him. In the future, he would still be influenced by the powerful families of his allies. Therefore, I will never allow anyone to ruin this one chance!"
Watching Su Nanyin's retreating figure, Gao Lingwang only opened the car door and got in after she reached the entrance of the Su family.
He started the car and slowly turned around.
As the car pulled onto the main road, his phone rang.
It was Qin Zhou calling, "Brother Gao, what's the situation over there?"
Gao Lingwang said in a hoarse voice, "The rumors are not rumors."
Qin Zhou exclaimed, "Could it be that they really, really, really."
He said "really" three times but dared not finish the sentence.
"Yes. Aunt Nanyin told me herself. And she even swore a poisonous oath when I questioned her."
Gao Lingwang's tone was bitter, but he stopped the car by the side, "You guys, go back."
"Alas, we can only go back. We can only watch as they go further and further down the wrong path. In the future, our relationship with Aunt Nanyin can only be professional."
As Qin Zhou sighed, he suddenly realized something, "You told us to go back? Then what about you?"
Gao Lingwang looked ahead and said, "I think I'll go back to the Su family."
"Huh?"
Qin Zhou was shocked, "Old Gao, are you crazy? Do you know what it means for you to go back to the Su family?"
"I know."
After speaking, Gao Lingwang ended the call.
But he quickly dialed again.
The call was connected.
He said, "Grandmother, the rumors are not rumors. But I still want to go to the Su family. Because I feel that Qianfan and the others need my help now. Most importantly, I want to leave the Gao family and venture out on my own. Perhaps, after cooperating with Qianfan, I can achieve something."
The grandmother's voice on the phone asked kindly, "Does the meaning of 'rumors are not rumors' come from Li Qianfan, or Su Nanyin?"
"It's Aunt Nanyin. Although Qianfan didn't say it, he implicitly agreed."
Gao Lingwang answered truthfully, and then added, "Aunt Nanyin now looks so much younger and more beautiful than she did last year. She looks at most thirty years old. It's obvious this is because of love."
"Lingwang, since you've decided to join forces with Li Qianfan and venture out on your own, then go. Your departure will also significantly reduce the competition within the Gao family. For the entire Gao family, this is an irreplaceable good thing."
The grandmother's voice paused on the other end, and she said softly, "But remember. Su Nanyin and Li Qianfan are not together."
"Hmm?"
Gao Lingwang was stunned.
His grandmother said, "If they were truly together, Su Nanyin wouldn't have sworn the oath."
Gao Lingwang hurriedly said, "But didn't she swear the poisonous oath precisely to prove that the rumors were not rumors?"
His grandmother retorted, "When you buy a ticket for high-speed rail or a flight, and you happen to sit with a strange girl, and you spend a few hours alone during the journey, do I have to consider that girl as my Mo Xie Zheng Dong's granddaughter-in-law?"
Gao Lingwang—
His grandmother continued, "The reason Su Nanyin allowed the rumors to spread was to prevent Li Qianfan's new forces from being controlled by us again. Her actions are likely related to the fact that Shen Yun and Du Junlin can no longer do without Li Qianfan. In fact, I'm even starting to suspect that the child Shen Zui is carrying might not be the late offspring of that scoundrel from the Lin family."
Gao Lingwang—
"Su Nanyin's thinking and methods are beyond ordinary people's comprehension. When Shen Yue was around, he could keep her in check. Once Shen Yue let go of her, her mind full of schemes, especially her ambition, would spread like poisonous weeds."
His grandmother analyzed for Gao Lingwang, "If my analysis is correct, when the Su family's 'caterpillar' bit into Li Qianfan, rumors started to spread. This forced Su Nanyin to distance herself from her children. She no longer has Shen Yue, and she can't be with her children. Then, what is the meaning of her living?"
Gao Lingwang was deep in thought.
"Especially when the rumor incident first broke out, I disagreed with letting Su Nanyin prove her innocence by death. But I couldn't voice an opposing opinion after your uncle (the current head of the Gao family) made his decision. I could only watch helplessly as she went to her death. Our actions completely chilled her heart. This also made her decide that she had to create her own new force no matter what."
His grandmother said slowly, "My husband and I, in our youth, ignored all the rules of the world. But after the Gao family became a prominent clan, we had to accept the constraints of rules everywhere. That demon from Flaming Valley is the same. But Su Nanyin is not. Because she has already broken away from the Shen family of Lingnan. As long as it benefits her, she will do whatever it takes, regardless of the cost. She will regard rules as dirt."
Gao Lingwang understood.
The heavy feeling in his heart instantly disappeared.
He couldn't help but clench his fist and say in a low voice, "I knew they wouldn't violate ethics!"
Heh heh.
His grandmother chuckled, "You always compare the six of us—me, Yang Xiao, Zhuang Chun, Shanjian Yaqing, Li Wujiang, and Su Nanyin—to God, Demon, Monster, Ghost, and Immortal. Then you should know that when the six of us can carelessly control our own destinies, we will never consider ethics."
Gao Lingwang was dumbfounded again.
"Once we are unrestrained, we only care about our own happiness."
His grandmother said, "Therefore, even if she is pregnant, I won't be surprised. Nor will I look down on her for it. Because I know very well that the six of us are of the same kind. Your generation, except for Li Qianfan, might not understand the true Su Nan Guanyin."
Finally.
His grandmother added, "Su Nanyin is the weakest among the six of us. But her heart is the most ruthless. She might never kill anyone herself. But I dare say that the number of people who die by her hand in the future might be more than all five of us combined! Such a woman cannot be left unchecked."
Gao Lingwang remained motionless for a long time.
After an unknown amount of time, his phone vibrated with an incoming call.
It was Qin Zhou, "Old Gao, I'm coming to the Su family too. My old man supports me. Where are you now? Wait for me!"
"Ah?"
Gao Lingwang was stunned and quickly said, "You are the eldest son of Uncle Zongheng! The future head of the Qin family! How can you..."
"Nonsense."
Qin Zhou interrupted him, "Inheriting my father's fortune, what kind of man is that? Besides, I have three younger brothers. It's all my mother's fault for being so fertile! As the eldest brother, I can't shamelessly compete for family property with my brothers. Didn't my father automatically leave the Qin family to create his own branch back then?"
Gao Lingwang—
As soon as Qin Zhou hung up, Tie Yuan called again, "Old Gao, are you still near the Su family? Don't leave! I'll come find you."
The sixth day of the Lunar New Year.
Twelve o'clock noon!!
Following Qingyun Su's father and his group, who were the first to arrive at the Sijiu Su family, Murong He of the Sijiu Murong family, the heads of the Ten Great Families, the old man of the Tang family, and Zhao Tingshan, representing the Zhao family, arrived at the entrance of the Su family one after another.
The peerlessly beautiful Su Nanyin, with the second-in-command, stood at the door with a smiling welcome.
Completely forgetting the crimes she and the second-in-command committed before and after the Spring Festival, which turned the original Thirteen Prominent Families into Ten.
"This woman seems even younger and more beautiful than she was on the first day of the Lunar New Year."
Shen Huiteng and others exchanged glances, secretly surprised.
"Esteemed elders, please come in!"
With a soft, sharp voice, Shen Congdao and the other two, who were determined to integrate into the Su family quickly, shouted with respectful smiles.
Shen Huiteng and others—
Could only curse Li Qianfan and Su Nanyin in their hearts, "Little bastards, bitches! What is your intention in deliberately sending these two traitorous members of prominent families to entertain us!?"
But they could only be angry in their hearts and dare not speak.
With a look of calm indifference and the demeanor of reclusive masters, they were about to enter the Su family.
Beep beep—
A sharp honking sound came from the main road.
The people gathered at the entrance instinctively turned to look.
They saw seven black sedans speeding towards them.
"Who is it? Driving so fast?"
Shen Congdao, eager to show off, immediately frowned and asked sharply.
"Is someone trying to crash the party on the auspicious day of the little bastard and the bitch? Heh heh, I like it!"
Shen Huiteng and the heads of the other ten prominent families quickly exchanged glances.
Their joy was irrepressible.
Old Tang, Zhao Tingshan, Murong He, and others frowned.
"Who is here?"
Li Qianfan glanced at Su Nanyin and asked with his eyes.
Su Nanyin shook her head slightly, indicating she didn't know.
Seven cars.
Drove directly to the entrance of the Su family.
The cars stopped.
The driver got out and opened the rear door, announcing loudly, "Mr. Chen Zhouchuan of the Chen family from Modu is here to visit Mr. Qianfan and Ms. Nanyin of the Sijiu Su family!"